Kangaroos are about 6 feet tall (2 metres). Kangaroos belong to the animal family called Macropus, which means ”big foot”. The use of kangaroos strong tails is for balance while they’re jumping. Kangaroos live in Eastern Australia. Red kangaroos are the biggest kangaroos out of all of them. The female red kangaroos are lighter, faster and smaller then the males. A baby kangaroo is called a joey and when it is born it is only one inch long or it can be the size of a grape! Kangaroos can sometimes jump three times their own height, and believe it or not they can also swim. The male Kangaroo is called the boomer and the female is called the flyer.